Karni Liddell Quotes
People with disabilities want to be recognised for what they can do, not what they can't do.
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Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
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Singing, writing songs, is kind of my biggest fear, but it's the thing I feel I need to conquer.
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When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.
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I wanted to see how flavors, spices, and grains traveled back and forth along the Silk Road and were interpreted by a multitude of cultures' palates.
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I grew up with a pet iguana named Willy. We had a very contentious relationship. It turns out that iguanas are not meant to live in suburban homes.
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I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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I've had a few ditty hits.
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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
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My very first job was a cashier at Burger King in Tucson, Arizona. And I occasionally worked the drive-thru. I'd go wherever I was needed! My second job was at Dairy Queen. I stayed in the fast food royalty.
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On Career Day in high school, you don't walk around looking for the cartoon guy.
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I find no sweeter fat than sticks to my own bones.
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It is never too late to get into tennis! While I started playing at the age of 8 when my parents gave me a tennis racquet for Christmas, tennis is a lifelong sport that can be enjoyed by people of almost any age. It's also something you never forget once you learn.
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When men talk about war, the stories and terminology vary - it's this battle, these weapons, this terrain. But no matter where you go in the world, women use the same language to speak of war. They speak of fire, they speak of death, and they speak of starvation.
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As far as the creative side of making great, great albums and really trying to go down in history? I don't see that happening lately, you know what I mean? You have a lot of guys is talented, but at the same time, timeless music is more important to me.
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'It Girl' is such a weird term. It implies I go to parties and drink champagne.
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I don't believe in writing anything that I don't know about or haven't researched about personally. I like to transport the reader to places, and in order to do that I have to do the research.
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My primary ambition is to be a fiction writer... Being a critic wasn't an aspiration of mine.
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Ski racing is probably the least guaranteed sport out there. It's really rare when the favorites win.
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journalism was for me more than a business or a profession. It was a way of living, of experiencing the world even as I instantly distanced myself from it, in order to recreate what I'd witnessed for the public.
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In my show I announce, ‘People say Lady Gaga is a lie, and they are right. I am a lie. And every day I kill to make it true.’
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Serena Williams is the greatest tennis player of all time, the greatest female athlete of all time, the greatest athlete of all time.
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The tragedy is that political leaders failed so badly at delivering what Iraqis clearly wanted - and for that, a great deal of responsibility lies with Prime Minister Maliki.
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People with disabilities want to be recognised for what they can do, not what they can't do.
